Champagne with its stories and legends, its tastings and its tips, its cellars and its Champagne tourist routes, gives you all its secrets to organize your stay in the vineyards or your visit to an effervescent event.
Our Champagne Tasting Tour with local experts will make you discover Champagne as you have never seen it: a unique wine region in the world recently classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, its great world-famous houses and small family estates …
Reims (Google Map)
3 Hours Before Flight Time
This trip connects Reims and Epernay, the two emblematic towns of Champagne, via the mountain of Reims with its hilly terrain, protected by a regional natural park. Villages with undeniable charms emerge between vineyards and forests. Moët and Chandon, Veuve-Cliquot, Mum … display their famous names at the foot of the vines they cultivate. Reims, city of coronations, reveals to you the heritage of its glorious history and in Epernay, capital of Champagne, invites you to discover the avenue de Champagne, artery of luxury which gives an idea of the fortunes of Champagne. An effervescent getaway in a natural setting of vineyards.
Arrival transfer from Reims train station to your hotel. Check-in at your 4-star hotel ideally in Reims center.
Afternoon at leisure. In the evening, enjoy a 3-course welcome dinner (without drinks) in a fine restaurant in Reims city center
Overnight in your accommodation.
Breakfast at the hotel.
From 9.00am to 6.00pm: Meet your tour guide outside of Reims central train station, in front of the tourism office.
Enjoy a nice morning Champagne glass and prepare your palate for Champagne wines tastings! Wander through the vineyards of La Montagne de Reims while your guide explains the particularities of the region, from the grape varieties to the vine growing and winemaking process.
Drive through the beautiful Champagne avenue in Epernay, explore the picturesque historical village of Hautvillers. Have a walk through the alleys of the fascinating church where the first Champagne bubbles are known to have come to life and enjoy one of the most exquisite panoramic view on Champagne’s UNESCO-listed World Heritage vineyards.
Be welcomed in a restored Champagne house and take one more step towards the unique sparkling beverage World. Learn about the different aromas and flavors that can be found in Champagne through a factory workshop and a challenging blind tasting.
Enjoy a traditional aperitif followed by a regional lunch with paired wines and Champagnes. Get introduced to local products like baguette, Reims’ ham, regional cheeses, pink biscuit, Ratafia…
Appreciate the charming hillsides of Champagne and peek-behind-the-scenes of a family run boutique winery. Visit the traditional press, vat room and cellar of an authentic Champagne grower. Stroll down the cool cellar corridors and glance at the immense quantity of bottles slowly maturing. Enjoy several tastings of their bestseller “cuvees” and find the best values of Champagne!
Overnight in your accommodation.
Breakfast at the hotel and check-out.
From 9.00am to 1.00pm: Meet your tour guide outside of Reims central train station, in front of the tourism office.
Enjoy a surprising sightseeing of the fabulous Cathedral of Reims, home of the coronation of the French kings. Dive into the complex history of this gothic masterpiece which is now listed UNESCO World’s Heritage. Make the most of your Champagne excursion by exploring the underground cellars of the prestigious Champagne house Tattinger and by savoring lovely morning glass.
Continue your bubbly tour by discovering a family run boutique winery. Tour the traditional press and vat room as your guide details the traditional “Champagne method” called “Méthode Champenoise”. Appreciate several tastings of their personal production and acquire further knowledge and expertise on the finest Sparkling wine!
Time to be advised: transfer back to Reims train station.
End of our services.
